August 27, 2004, Hour One: California Climate Change / Military Doctors and Prisoner Abuse

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Hour One: California Climate Change / Military Doctors and Prisoner Abuse

A new report says military doctors were complicit with the abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. According to an article in the Lancet, doctors at the prison went beyond merely not reporting what they saw, instead collaborating with abusive guards and helping to design coercive interrogation methods. In this hour, we'll talk about the role of military doctors in inhumane treatment and torture. What should doctors do when their professional duties to their patients conflict with other obligations?

Plus, a look ahead to California's climate fifty to one hundred years from now--could climate change mean the end of the wine industry? A new study looks at some of the possible effects of global warming on the state of California. Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (2-3 Eastern), and share your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).

Guests:
Katharine Hayhoe
Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Atmospheric Scientist
ATMOS Research & Consulting
South Bend, Indiana

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Steven Miles, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Center for Bioethics
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Vincent Iacopino, M.D.
Former Medical Director
Survivors International
Director of Research
Physicians for Human Rights
Boston, Massachusetts

This segment produced by Karin Vergoth

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"Abu Ghraib: its legacy for military medicine. " Steven H. Miles, Lancet 2004; 364: 725–29.

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